I want the State of Israel to remain a Zionist, Jewish and democratic state. There is nothing 'far' or 'ultra' about those ideals. I also advocate the creation of a viable Palestinian state.
Although my stance on responsible citizenship made sense to many Israelis, the intelligentsia could not, as you say in English, get their heads around it. 'Racist' and 'fascist' were the knee-jerk reactions.
Hamas is really a problem for the Palestinians and for Egypt more than Israel.
Damascus is the center of world terror. All these organizations, Jihad and Hamas, their headquarters are in Damascus. Syria supports Hezbollah.
In 1999, I established my political party.
Yisrael Beiteinu is a party that puts on the table all the problems that people are afraid to speak about.
Israel has the right to demand full allegiance from all its citizens.
It is unacceptable that a senator or a representative in the American House of Representatives assist Afghanistan during the war and meet with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda leaders, express his support for their war against the U.S., and be allowed to return to serve in Congress.
Any political process has to secure an improvement in the Palestinians' quality of life and education. Attempts to bring about a political arrangement before securing peace to the Israelis and economic improvement for the Palestinians are likely to fail.
Israel has been absent for many years from entire regions in the world.
Nothing has come from this whole 'peace industry' except for conferences in five-star hotels and a waste of money.
I'm a settler, and I live in the Judean desert.
It's impossible to impose peace, only to create it.
Those who think that through concessions they will gain respect and peace are wrong. It's the other way around; it will lead to more wars.
There is no country that has made as many concessions as Israel. Since 1967, we gave up territory that is three times the size of Israel. We showed willingness.
Israel is under a dual terrorist attack, from within and from without. And terrorism from within is always more dangerous than terrorism from without.
Al Jazeera has abandoned even the semblance of a credible media outlet, and it broadcasts - both within Gaza and outside it, to the world - anti-Semitic incitement, lies, provocation, and encouragement to terrorists.
Israel cannot afford a war of attrition.
I am at peace with all my actions.
Unfortunately, the international community is not ready to deal with Iran's repeated provocations.
